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You might want to contact Colorado's State Historic Preservation Office (housed at History Colorado) and ask about their tax credit projects. I think Mark Rodman is the person you want to reach. Tax credit projects are projects on historic buildings (houses, commercial buildings) that meet the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Historic Preservation. This means the buildings will still have that old feel, but have modern updates. To complete a project, project personnel have to submit before and after photos so you'll get an idea of what they did to the building.

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Kelli Bacon
Preservation Archivist
State Historic Preservation Office
Nebraska State Historical Society
Lincoln NE

Original Message:
Sent: 12-17-2015 04:36 PM
From: Marcella Wells
Subject: historic property rennovation

I am looking for examples of historic houses or historic buildings that have been renovated to be modern, professional interpretive centers.  Before and after photos would be most welcome or any case studies in remaking a historic property to retain "historic character" while at the same time transform into safe, modern learning facility would be terrific. 

 

Marcella Wells

Wells Resources, Inc.

Fort Collins, CO

Possibly two of our projects in southwest Missouri would be of interest, both of which are a work in progress.

The History Museum on the Square  in Springfield, MO is a $20 million+ renovation of four National Historic Register properties being connected into one for a History Museum. It includes a 1916 movie theater which now has a new very large HD outdoor video monitor in place of the old marquee. This has been a great way to take the museum message and content right out in to the public plaza areas of the Square. We have many stories to tell in the Museum as we are the city where Route 66 was named, and our being a location of the Trail of Tears, the Butterfield Overland Stage, the home of the Springfield Wagon Company, Civil War battles, and the location of the first old west shoot-out (Wild Bill Hickok and Davis Tutt). We are being sure that the historic aspects of the buildings are also an exhibit unto themselves. Here you will find a few History Museum on the Square project images.

The Monett Historical Museum is a conversion of a 1903 bank in Monett, MO, another National Historic Register property. This link Monett Historical Museum has some interior views of what is proposed

In each case we are doing extensive work to take advantage of the historical tax credits to greatly reduce the net costs of the renovation projects. This entails the blending of for-profit development entities with not-for-profits tenants (the museums).

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Allen Casey AIA
Casey Architecture
Springfield MO

Original Message:
Sent: 12-17-2015 04:36 PM
From: Marcella Wells
Subject: historic property rennovation

I am looking for examples of historic houses or historic buildings that have been renovated to be modern, professional interpretive centers.  Before and after photos would be most welcome or any case studies in remaking a historic property to retain "historic character" while at the same time transform into safe, modern learning facility would be terrific. 

 

Marcella Wells

Wells Resources, Inc.

Fort Collins, CO